Turquet de Mayerne as baroque physician : the art of medical portraiture / Brian Nance.
| Author/creator | Nance, Brian |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2001. |
| Description | xiii, 237 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine Clio medica, 0045-7183 ; 65 Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine. ^A240634 Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 65. ^A465700 |
| Contents | "The most difficult thing" -- A physician's life: a brief thematic biography -- Constructing the casebooks - The past: evaluating the patient -- The past: determining the patient's temperament -- The present: what is a disease? -- The present: Mayerne's diagnosis in social context -- The future: prognosis -- The future: therapeutics -- The death of prince Henry -- Mayerne as baroque physician -- Appendices: 1. A guide to the Ephemerides morborum -- 2. Entries by year and type. |
| General note | "This book examines the consultations of Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, a court physician to the early Stuart kings of England"--Pref. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| ISBN | 9789042011410 (Bound) |
| ISBN | 9042011416 (Bound) |
| ISBN | 9789042011311 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9042011319 (pbk.) |